sizhou Holy monkey Temple pagoda Tower foundation of Jiangyin
shadow storage of relics of Northern Song dynasty celadon glaze with brown colored NET bottle .
part of the relics of Li Feng, Deputy Director of the Office of the recent excitement of the Shanghai Museum, told reporters: “the Jiangyin unearthed under a pagoda ‘ relics of goddess ‘! “” Can’t? “Journalists. “Or not? I will now call Museum in Nanjing Lu Jianfang, Deputy Director of archaeology, he is the head of the archaeological excavations. “On the phone, asked, what is the evidence that is” colour of goddess “? Lu Jianfang said that unearthed stone letters under the pagoda on the Song Jingde inscription on three years, stone letter specified “Silver bottle” holding tank is a monk of the Tang dynasty in sizhou relics of the Holy child. Sizhou is Holy in Tang and Song dynasty was Buddhist and folk masters considered as incarnation of goddess of Sangha. Therefore, this a major event is the Buddhist relics and archaeology.
came
the day before yesterday evening, the reporter with a strong sense of curiosity to the Jiangyin, see Lu Jianfang, and curators of Jiangyin Tang Hanzhang, listening to them tell the discovery sizhou Holy saris (relics, remnants of the Buddhism that after the cremation of the deceased had pieces of bone) after.
2003 in November, Jiang Yin Road, qingyang, Wukong found when a primary school in the village of dangerous buildings for the base of the Tower in ancient ruins and archaeological team conducted a rescue excavation. Local villagers ‘ Tales from generation to generation, buried under a collapsed pagoda tower base 13 large gold and silver treasures of the cylinder. To prevent accidents, the Public Security Bureau dispatched police to protect archaeological excavation site. As expected, the tower base was discovered with the rammed earth 7 mouth ceramic cylinder. However, emptied the tank rammed the layers of bricks, stones and mud, were found only at the end of cylinder number “Kai yuan Tong Bao” and “Tai Ping Tong Bao” coin, but then found that far more value than any treasure.
discovered treasures
11 28th a 32.7 cm width 22.5 cm long, 24.1 cm stone letter was discovered. Letter of copper coins in the bottom, put a shadow on celadon Bowl, put a shadow Bowl cross net bottle celadon glaze with brown color, height 10.5 cm. There are also small fingers, silver gilt copper Dragon and a crystal ball. Etched on the cover of 7 lines of text. Inscriptions on Buddhist archaeological expert Li Yuxin, Lu Jianfang said quietly: “congratulations, you found relics of goddess! ”
letter of stone inscriptions along, the Tower named sizhou Holy pagodas, Jiangyin County Wukong by Jiangyin Yuan Ying Yun of monks and” companions “jingde Shen Weisu alms of the Quartet was built in Northern Song dynasty for three years (1006). Temple of Changzhou Fu taipingxingguo good and clever to give its collection of relics of monks, “Chi stone letters silver bottle container storage under the Tower, never fully support”.
about sizhou Holy Kwan-yin and what is the origin of pending further research, archaeological experts without publicity. Unearthed cultural relics were transported to Jiangyin Museum kept for further study.
careful cleanup
the next morning, Tang Hanzhang Jiangyin Museum curator carefully clean up of the net mouth rot, the bottle slowly dumping to a table covered with silk mat, flowing from the bottle a little grease. “No relics? “Just when he wondered, silk on the penetration of oil, more than more than 10 small objects appear out of rice. “This is not the saris! “He looked intently into the bottle looked, and found all colour is in the bottle. The colour is black, red, purple, yellow, green, white, all colors, Pearl, crystal clear round.
how many Buddhist relics? Director of the Tang Hanzhang who declined to be named. But reporters side understand, up to more than more than 4,000. But colour is said to be a very difficult and statistics, because it has been changed and will give birth to a few new, and it will disappear. Tang Hanzhang Jiangyin Museum promised to reporters the next day to see relics of the child.
see
8:30 A.M. yesterday, reporters came to the Museum of Jiangyin. Tang Hanzhang open collector’s Treasury of relics Gates says, this was the first time open to reporters.
are arranged inside a showroom about the goddess of history. Saris, net Dragon vase, silver, gilded copper fingers, such as crystal balls, letters were worshipped in a sealed glass cupboard. Colour 16 child show was carefully placed on the micro-monument. Tang Director motioned to reporters watching the 3 Tip sizes of white particles, “that’s new. ”
Sangha saris, the great Buddhist sacred objects of precious cultural relics both national and nature, how will custody to worship, and attracts public attention. According to a monk, President of the Buddhist Association of China, master of Sangha Buddhist relics in Jiangyin City life, not only are the Buddhist community events, and be prosperous and auspicious. Precious relics of the Buddha must be in accordance with rules such as laws to support Buddhist instrument. It is reported that will open up to 600 acres of Jiangyin City, rebuilt sizhou Holy pagodas and Temple of the monkey, to provide master of Sangha Buddhist relics. This is bound to cause concern at home and abroad. (Reporter Lin Mingjie)
why is the Sangha as a avatar of goddess?
ancient legend, Bodhidharma, baozhichan engineer and master of Sangha was regarded as the incarnation of goddess Daishi at different times. Sangha is what the people of the western regions in the Tang dynasty. He Guo is located in present day Kyrgyzstan aerbieximu. Tanggaozonglong new year (661), 33 Sangha carrying disciples of jingxi cool house in China, for a long time in sizhou spread Dharma, King and let them build temples and believers all over at home, renowned, it is title “sizhou Holy.” Tang Zhong Zong Jinglong two years, commanded to call into the capital, as a national division. Royal temple for “General Wang Temple”.
Sangha education closer to the people. Dunhuang manuscripts of the Sangha of six existing said Sangha “o trillions of saving sentient beings”, hence the Buddhist community generally believed that he was the avatar of goddess. In particular, to the early years of the Northern Song dynasty, formation of the Sangha as an avatar of goddess worship of folk have been very popular, about the temple, the temple Sangha, all over the North in the South Tower, OM, Tong, number more than more than 200. Li Bai’s poem the song of the Sangha: “true monk Sangha, fahao, sometimes three sth with me”